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We've been doing live streams of our songwriting sessions from our studio on our Twitch channel. We just turn on the camera and try out ideas and see where they take us.

Here is a clip from one of those sessions we posted to our YouTube Channel.

Trying to write a theatrical bridge part (Live Stream Clip)

It needs something?

We have a theme song that we've been working on for a film. After arranging the song it still needed something. Something in between the verse and chorus that was way different than what was going on in the song.

Cliff, Rob, and I were in the studio doing a live stream and I thought we could try and test out some ideas.

Ying Chen discusses her work to better understand development, labor and environmental impact in the Global South, focusing in particular on the realities of Chinese economic policy as it has evolved.

From single women’s rented rooms in 1915 to the grounds of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, get a historic look at U.S. workers’ lives with digital library FRASER.

The Truth Behind “Self-Made” Billionaires

Why do we glorify “self-made” billionaires?

Well, being “self-made” is a seductive idea —it suggests that anybody can get to the top if they’re willing to work hard enough. It’s what the American Dream is all about.

If Kylie Jenner can become a “self-made” billionaire at age 21, so can you and I!

Even as wages stay stagnant and wealth inequality grows, it’s a comfort to think that we’re all simply one cosmetics company and some elbow grease away from fortune.

50 years ago Saturday, the TV show M*A*S*H debuted. Below is an piece I created for the 30th anniversary of the show’s finale. Also below: a sampling of my collection of memorabilia. Although the show was incredibly popular, my level of fandom/obsession was admittedly unusual, which is perhaps why I haven’t been able to bring myself to get rid of these things as of yet. Somewhere I have a trove of drawings of the characters I made back then, but I can’t find it at the moment.

A local factory was once the largest producer of thorium in the world. This fall, the “radioactive capital of the Midwest” is doing one last cleanup.

EDUCATION WEEK September 21, 2022 Why Feedback Often Doesn’t Help By Alfie Kohn [This is an expanded version of the published article, which was given a different title.] A lot of people make a living by offering advice about how teachers should give feedback to students — or how administrators should give feedback to teachers. Unfortunately, a body of compelling ... Read More

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This is a “classic” TMW, which is to say, a rerun. After two and a half years, covid finally snagged me last week. Apologies, I hope to be back on track on next week.

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The Republican War On Teachers

There’s a war being waged on America’s teachers,  and we must stand up for them before it’s too late.

Teachers watch over America’s most precious asset — our children.

They dedicate their lives to caring for our youth, serving as role models, and making sure that future generations are set up for success.

So why on Earth are we treating them so badly?

Our nation’s teachers are not only working long, demanding hours inside and outside of the classroom — but they’re blamed these days for almost everything imaginable.

Servaas Storm, Steven Fazzari, and Thomas Ferguson comment on the Inflation Reduction Act